Excluding players from the basketball academy, last season Tarbes signed a total of 14 players.

Isis Arrondo terminated her contract in December 2011 and went off to play in Belgium, while Ljubica Drljaca's contract was terminated. Not much was said about Lauren Neaves who had stopped playing in October because of her meniscus.

The final drama was an 8-point deduction that was only removed in time for the post-season play-offs.

Despite a poor EuroLeague Women competition that ended in 12 defeats from 12 games Tarbes went on to play their best basketball under the interim coach Marie-Pierre Uriarte.

Tarbes just missed the championship play-off series by a single point and had to settle for joint 5th place. They were eliminated by Nantes-Rezé in the LFB Challenege Round semi-final.

The only players to return from last season are: Paoline Salagnac, Naura El Gargati and Charlotte Preiss.

For this season 2012-13 Cyril Sicsic is the coach. He has one season to prove that that he can take Tarbes Basket back to the top of French basketball. His assistant is the former Lithuanian international Lina Brazdeïkyte who played under Sicsic for three seasons at COB Calais.

Sicsic's contract was signed in May but the President of Tarbes Basket had more or less completed the recruitment for the next season. Joyce Cousseins-Smith who had signed for Challes-les-Eaux was a late addition to the roster.

With just two players over the age of 25 the Tarbes should not be as experienced as in previous seasons. However with Paoline Salagnac as captain Tarbes Basket have one of the most motivated players in the Ligue Féminine de Basketball.

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